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Population in the Central African Republic compared to Grenada: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 117,207 people in Grenada in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 117,349 in Grenada.

Population statistics:

  • The Central African Republic's population is 48.3 times bigger than Grenada's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Grenada is the 182nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.001% for Grenada.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +0.29% in Grenada.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Grenada has grown from 110K to 117K (6.94% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 117K people in 2031 for Grenada.

Central African Republic vs Grenada: live population counter

CAR Grenada
Current population
5662456
117349
Population rank 117/197 182/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.001%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
2.9 days
One birth every
2.2 minutes
6.39 hours
One death every
10.8 minutes
8.45 hours
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
1.9 days
Annual migration change -15,357 -192
Daily growth/decline +488 +0
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +126
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +0.11%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 158/197

the Central African Republic and Grenada: population history and growth rate by year chart

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Grenada
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Grenada CAR Grenada
1960 1,702,346 94,058 - -
1961 1,734,580 95,335 1.89% 1.36%
1962 1,768,115 96,375 1.93% 1.09%
1963 1,803,063 97,195 1.98% 0.85%
1964 1,839,583 97,760 2.03% 0.58%
1965 1,877,854 98,067 2.08% 0.31%
1966 1,918,082 98,121 2.14% 0.06%
1967 1,960,444 98,066 2.21% -0.06%
1968 2,005,100 98,078 2.28% 0.01%
1969 2,051,515 98,204 2.31% 0.13%
1970 2,097,505 98,414 2.24% 0.21%
1971 2,141,450 98,648 2.1% 0.24%
1972 2,183,769 98,777 1.98% 0.13%
1973 2,226,008 98,709 1.93% -0.07%
1974 2,269,338 98,486 1.95% -0.23%
1975 2,313,916 98,126 1.96% -0.37%
1976 2,348,566 97,632 1.5% -0.5%
1977 2,372,930 97,017 1.04% -0.63%
1978 2,397,961 96,305 1.05% -0.73%
1979 2,423,794 95,490 1.08% -0.85%
1980 2,450,535 94,538 1.1% -1%
1981 2,478,402 94,052 1.14% -0.51%
1982 2,507,375 94,383 1.17% 0.35%
1983 2,537,399 94,948 1.2% 0.6%
1984 2,568,610 95,498 1.23% 0.58%
1985 2,600,932 96,111 1.26% 0.64%
1986 2,634,258 96,790 1.28% 0.71%
1987 2,669,155 97,526 1.32% 0.76%
1988 2,713,965 98,308 1.68% 0.8%
1989 2,783,970 99,121 2.58% 0.83%
1990 2,871,910 99,957 3.16% 0.84%
1991 2,963,191 100,793 3.18% 0.84%
1992 3,058,831 101,602 3.23% 0.8%
1993 3,157,839 102,382 3.24% 0.77%
1994 3,257,954 103,138 3.17% 0.74%
1995 3,348,052 103,869 2.77% 0.71%
1996 3,435,965 104,584 2.63% 0.69%
1997 3,531,700 105,293 2.79% 0.68%
1998 3,628,827 106,009 2.75% 0.68%
1999 3,729,450 106,727 2.77% 0.68%
2000 3,833,416 107,451 2.79% 0.68%
2001 3,919,487 107,987 2.25% 0.5%
2002 4,006,077 108,404 2.21% 0.39%
2003 4,103,086 108,884 2.42% 0.44%
2004 4,192,826 109,323 2.19% 0.4%
2005 4,288,810 109,734 2.29% 0.38%
2006 4,377,579 110,135 2.07% 0.37%
2007 4,462,770 110,522 1.95% 0.35%
2008 4,558,984 110,896 2.16% 0.34%
2009 4,529,047 111,254 -0.66% 0.32%
2010 4,492,995 111,586 -0.8% 0.3%
2011 4,565,021 112,079 1.6% 0.44%
2012 4,610,848 112,775 1% 0.62%
2013 4,642,419 113,487 0.68% 0.63%
2014 4,623,182 114,132 -0.41% 0.57%
2015 4,629,320 114,676 0.13% 0.48%
2016 4,713,663 115,130 1.82% 0.4%
2017 4,793,511 115,438 1.69% 0.27%
2018 4,878,657 115,691 1.78% 0.22%
2019 4,944,703 115,981 1.35% 0.25%
2020 5,026,628 116,341 1.66% 0.31%
2021 5,112,100 116,688 1.7% 0.3%
2022 5,098,039 116,913 -0.28% 0.19%
2023 5,152,421 117,081 1.07% 0.14%
2024 5,330,690 117,207 3.46% 0.11%
2025 5,513,285 117,304 3.43% 0.08%
2026 5,698,988 117,361 3.37% 0.05%
2027 5,888,126 117,400 3.32% 0.03%
2028 6,082,465 117,430 3.3% 0.03%
2029 6,279,729 117,446 3.24% 0.01%
2030 6,478,251 117,465 3.16% 0.02%
2031 6,680,052 117,475 3.12% 0.009%
2032 6,884,143 117,456 3.06% -0.02%
2033 7,089,444 117,406 2.98% -0.04%
2034 7,296,249 117,334 2.92% -0.06%
2035 7,502,585 117,245 2.83% -0.08%
2036 7,707,565 117,141 2.73% -0.09%
2037 7,911,635 117,001 2.65% -0.12%
2038 8,115,865 116,869 2.58% -0.11%
2039 8,321,550 116,702 2.53% -0.14%
2040 8,526,454 116,496 2.46% -0.18%
2041 8,729,074 116,265 2.38% -0.2%
2042 8,931,165 116,015 2.32% -0.22%
2043 9,134,993 115,730 2.28% -0.25%
2044 9,341,761 115,443 2.26% -0.25%
2045 9,550,893 115,122 2.24% -0.28%
2046 9,761,447 114,771 2.2% -0.3%
2047 9,972,759 114,407 2.16% -0.32%
2048 10,186,021 114,032 2.14% -0.33%
2049 10,400,624 113,654 2.11% -0.33%
2050 10,616,749 113,245 2.08% -0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Grenada gained 4,942 people (a 4.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Grenada's population increased by 2,673 (a 2.33% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Grenada was ranked 181st in 2005 and ranked 182nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Central African Republic's population will grow by 87.5% to 10,616,749 people with a rank change from 117th to 96th. The population of Grenada will decrease by 3.5% to 113,245 people and will still be ranked 182nd.

Biggest cities by population

CAR
City Population
Bangui 889K
Berberati 76.9K
Bria 35.2K
Grenada
City Population
St. George's 4.32K
Grenville 2.48K

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